Review of Saab 29 "Flygande Tunnan"Author: Mikael Forslund

The Saab 29, called "Flygande Tunnan" (English "The Flying Barrel") was a Swedish fighter designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1940's. It was Sweden's second turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the first being the Saab 21R; additonally, it was the first Western European fighter to be produced with swept wing after the war, the Me-262 being the first during WWII.Despite its rotund appearance, from which its name derives, the Saab 29 was a fast and agile aircraft for its era. It served effectively in both fighter and fighter-bomber roles into the 1970's.This book is the most comprehensive on the Tunnan yet published. It is a companion volume with the Scale Plans set about the aircraft already reviewed in the books catagory here.

THE BOOK:

Mushroom Model Publications (MMP) is based in the U.K. All their books are printed in English by their associate Stratus in Sandomierz, Poland. Stratus also does their own line of books in both Polish and English.

This book is soft cover and contains 192 pages in 6 1/2" x 9" page format.